I´ve a 106 GTI and it´s from 1996. The car has almost 240000 Kms and performs like new. It reaches 210 kmh on straight line and handles like anything. I use only 98 octane fuel and the oil 10W40 is Sheel or BP. It´s a pocket rocket. I also have several magazines (Top Gear, Evo, Car magazine, Autocar) from 1996 and on handling test in Castle Combe, MIRA, Rockingham, Thruxton my car is one of the best in handling (beating Porshes, M3, Ferraris on gforce). Cheers
Amazing to think 120-130bhp was enough for small hot hatch once upon a time. 0-60 in 7.2 seconds is still decent today! But then of course small cars were actually small back then too and weighed about half as much as they do now. Also amazing to think that Clarkson was once an avid Peugeot fan, and that Top Gear featured normal affordable cars.....how times change!
My parents had a Citroën Saxo 1.4i form 2000 and drove it for 10 years. It was a amazing pocket rocket. Cheap, light weight, spacy and simple to work on if you did the maintains yourself. The Peugeot 106 is also a great car and shares the same technology. But after a long time, They started too rust, more than a Saxo ever does. So if you wanted to buy one, look for rust.. Engines are amazing thou, but the 1.1 and 1.0 have just not enough power.
Ahh yes this was when top gear actually reviewed cars the majority of its audience can afford.
This exact saxo was mine to it was stolen in 2008 and was never seen again, had no clue it was on top gear
This music. THIS music was my teenage years, Sunday roast diner and a shandy courtesy of my dad. God how times were good a d we didn’t know it.
Mad hearing Clarkson say 120 hp is alot.
Always loved the Saxo VTS not easy to find a good one now. Rust and Barry boys have killed them all off.
Awww, good old days, when 120 horsepower used to be a lot back then.
"Now 120 horse power is a lot" I wonder what Jezza would make of that statement now.
I´ve a 106 GTI and it´s from 1996. The car has almost 240000 Kms and performs like new. It reaches 210 kmh on straight line and handles like anything. I use only 98 octane fuel and the oil 10W40 is Sheel or BP. It´s a pocket rocket. I also have several magazines (Top Gear, Evo, Car magazine, Autocar) from 1996 and on handling test in Castle Combe, MIRA, Rockingham, Thruxton my car is one of the best in handling (beating Porshes, M3, Ferraris on gforce). Cheers
I just love their pop songs added
Great audio quality.
Amazing to think 120-130bhp was enough for small hot hatch once upon a time. 0-60 in 7.2 seconds is still decent today! But then of course small cars were actually small back then too and weighed about half as much as they do now. Also amazing to think that Clarkson was once an avid Peugeot fan, and that Top Gear featured normal affordable cars.....how times change!
My parents had a Citroën Saxo 1.4i form 2000 and drove it for 10 years. It was a amazing pocket rocket. Cheap, light weight, spacy and simple to work on if you did the maintains yourself. The Peugeot 106 is also a great car and shares the same technology. But after a long time, They started too rust, more than a Saxo ever does. So if you wanted to buy one, look for rust.. Engines are amazing thou, but the 1.1 and 1.0 have just not enough power.
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Funny fow the 106 had the reg say P 407!
Watching this.....we've gone to complex and joyless cars very quickly.
Hot hatches have obesitas these day, like all cars and occupants. 120BHP on 850kg was good.
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The Saxo VTS and its PSA Group neighbour were great classic hot hatches of the 90's
That song is Thin Lizzy boys are back in town